UGA adds New Mexico State to 2011 schedule

Georgia, which has beaten New Mexico State by an average of 32 points in three previous meetings, will pay the Aggies $925,000 to come to Athens for another game.

The Bulldogs will play New Mexico State on Nov. 5, 2011, in Sanford Stadium.

Georgia is to pay New Mexico State the $925,000 — believed to be the largest payout UGA has made to a visiting team — by Jan. 31, 2012, according to the contract between the schools, obtained this morning by the AJC.

The contract calls for the Aggies to receive 300 complimentary tickets to the game and 4,500 tickets for sale on a consignment basis. Any unsold tickets are to be returned to UGA 22 days prior to the game.

The contract also stipulates that if either school pulls out of the deal without mutual consent, it will pay damages of $600,000.

New Mexico State is no stranger to Sanford Stadium. The Aggies have lost three games to the Bulldogs there — 40-13 in 1995, 37-0 in 2000 and 41-10 in 2002.

The 2011 game will fall between Georgia’s SEC games vs. Florida and Auburn.

The deal completes Georgia’s 2011 football schedule. Other non-conference opponents that year will be Louisville on Sept. 3 in Athens, Coastal Carolina on Sept. 17 in Athens and Georgia Tech on Nov. 26 in Atlanta.